Item Info
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Ecce Homo
Notes: The decoration on this leaf was left unfinished with only the gold applied to the underdrawing of the miniature and the decorated initial and border. Yet, its incomplete state allows us to see the steps of illumination midway through the process. After a leaf was ruled to determine the number of lines of text and decoration, the scribe wrote in the text leaving the areas of decoration blank. The leaf was then handed over to an illuminator who would first draw in the outlines of the decoration with a stylus or a lead stick, similar to a pencil. Then, the gold leaf was added before the decoration was painted in with various colors. For an unknown reason, our illuminator abandoned his work after adding the gold leaf, leaving the underdrawing exposed.
This miniature marks the beginning of Terce of the Hours of the Cross.
Notes:
This cutting has been dated to ca. 1440.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1588132
Country:
Country:France
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1450
Image Dimensions Width:
150 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 18:4
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reverse